He has put down the mighty from their seat: and has exalted the humble and meek
This term’s theme has been that of faith and money – whether, indeed, having both is possible, and if so, how we might form a way of life that allows us to both be faithful Christians and yet live in a world which from year to year seems to become ever more a world of greed and lust after individual wealth. The old adage of ‘give unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s’ – so often overused and misunderstood by generations of greedy and unholy clergy-folk to justify slavish obedience to law, either of the state or of mammon - is, of course, not what it is claimed to be. Absolutely nothing, nothing whatsoever, belongs to Caesar – the Earth is The Lord’s and all that is in it – so no easy fixes there, no greedy and self-absorbed capitalism Monday to Saturday and God on Sunday. It doesn’t work that way, and any clergy person, indeed any preacher, who tells you that it does, is not only a liar, but a false prophet and a thief. If we’re going to take the Gospel seriously then it’s a Gospel ...